How Do You Get Started With IRC (Internet Relay Chat)?
Download and install one of the many IRC Clients that are available. A client is the software that you use in order to interact with the chat environment. Wikipedia has a comparison of various IRC clients here. • Platform Independent • Chatzilla is available as an extension to SeaMonkey and Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser. • Mibbit is a web based ajax IRC client. • Opera includes a built-in IRC client. • Pidgin is a multi-platform instant messaging client which supports IRC, as well as MSN, AIM and Yahoo protocols. • Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for advanced users, targeting the GNOME desktop. • Several command-line based IRC clients exist; popular ones include WeeChat and irssi. • There are numerous Java clients that can be used to access IRC. These are often found on the website of the organization that has an IRC room or channel. These will usually limit you to access to a particular channel or network. • For Windows • mIRC is t
